Letter from Henry P. Hedges to Hon. William P. Buffett, regarding sale of land [from estate] of Henry Matthias, deceased, to pay debts, February 8, 1870. Letter discusses legal issues of Matthias estate, progress of the railroad tracks being laid in Southampton Township, N.Y., Hedges' admiration for Buffett, comparing him to his own cousin, Colonel David Hedges, of East Hampton Township, N.Y., as an orator, and news about their mutual friend, [Honorable] William H. Gleason.